Patch 5.0.5 Hotfixes: November 20

Here you'll find a list of hotfixes that address various issues related to the recently released World of Warcraft patch 5.0.5. Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below went live the moment they were implemented, while others may require your realm to be restarted to go into effect. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this list in the days to come as additional hotfixes are applied.

Fixed an issue that caused the August Celestials quest hub at the Cradle of Chi-Ji to always be available.

Players that fail the quest "Battle Axe of the Thunder King" will now be able to restart the event.

Fixed an issue that would prevent some players from acquiring the quest "Welcome to Dawn's Blossom".

Fixed an issue that would prevent the object of the quest "Battle Helm of the Thunder King" from being looted.

Dungeons & Raids

Mog'shan Vaults

Gara'jal the Spiritbinder will now properly transport the target with the highest threat to the Spirit World.

PvP

Conquest Points awarded via Random Battlegrounds can no longer reach the higher of the two Conquest Point caps. They will continue to be awarded up to the lower of the two Conquest Point caps.

Arenas

Teams queueing for Arenas will temporarily no longer be placed into the The Ring of Valor.

Bug Fixes

The Stoneplow Farm cinematic will now correctly only play once while players complete the associated quests.

Resolved an issue with Archaeology digsites in Fallsong Village.

The achievement Monkey in the Middle can now be earned when defeating Captain Ook in the Unga Ingoo scenario.

October 12

General

Ink traders no longer accept Blackfallow Ink. They now accept Ink of Dreams, and Starlight Ink has become available for purchase.

The Windsong and Elemental Force weapon enchantments can now be activated by periodic effects.

The Sha of Anger's respawn time has been greatly reduced.

Fishing in Shipwreck Debris is now more rewarding and will no longer sometimes provide an empty box.

Ancient Guo-Lai Caches can now be found in more varied locations within the Vale of Eternal Blossoms.

Classes

Death Knight

Death Strike now deals 7.5% less damage.

Death Siphon base damage has been increased by 50%, but it now scales less efficiently with attack power. This should result in an increase in damage for Frost and Unholy Death Knights, and a minor reduction in damage for Blood Death Knights benefitting from Vengeance.

Blood

Rune Strike now deals 8.5% less damage.

Heart Strike now deals 8.5% less damage.

Druid

Symbiosis

Paladins are now granted the following effects from Symbiosis based on talent specialization:

Protection - Rebirth

Holy - Rebirth

Retribution - Wrath

Hunter

Aimed Shot now deals 320% weapon damage (up from 280%), but the base damage component has been reduced by 65%. The damage that this ability does at level 90 should remain relatively unchanged.

Healing performed by Spirit Beasts summoned by the Stampede talent is now correctly reduced by 75%.

Rabid has been changed and now increases a pet's attack speed by 70%. Pet attack power is now unaffected by this ability.

Deterrence now correctly prevents the use of all three level 75 Hunter talents. Previously, Lynx Rush could still be used.

The root provided by Narrow Escape now correctly breaks on damage in a manner similar to other rooting effects.

Uplift can no longer refresh a Renewing Mist effect applied by another Monk.

The damage dealt by Chi Torpedo and Chi Burst is now correctly mitigated by abilities that reduce Area of Effect damage.

Rogue

Shroud of Concealment no longer affects vehicles.

Warrior

Fixed an issue that would prevent the stuns generated by Charge and Warbringer from causing diminishing returns with each other and with themselves.

Warlock

Rain of Fire now appropriately generates threat.

Warlocks are no longer subject to knockback effects while travelling through a Demonic Gateway.

Creatures

Water striders in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms now stride on water.

Slateskin Troublemakers now Shin Kick less frequently.

The following creatures can no longer be skinned: Belligerent Blossom, Cursed Jade, and Greenstone Terror.

Items

Recipe: Great Pandaren Banquet and Recipe: Pandaren Banquet can no longer be traded or sold on the auction house.

The Mogu Rune of Paralysis trinket's use effect now affects creatures appropriately.

The cooldowns of various on-use trinkets that provide dodge now interact correctly.

Kafa Press can no longer be used in Arenas.

Empty Grocery Containers are no longer unique, and can now stack in player inventory.

Crates of Archaeology Fragments are no longer unique.

Bottle of Infinite Stars will no longer be incorrectly awarded to Mistweaver Monks in Raid Finder raids.

The Sha of Anger will now provide loot appropriate to each Priest specialization.

The secondary stats provided by several Bind on Equip items from Pandaria have been changed.

Pet Battles

The visual effect for the pet Cyclone spell is now smaller.

Minfernals are no longer arboreal. Their new ground dwelling ways should make them easier to find.

Wild pets on the Veiled Stair will now be accompanied by friends into battle.

The Crimson Moth and Wharf Rat can now be found in the Pet Journal.

Several purchasable pets, the Golden Dragonhawk Hatchling, Red Dragonhawk Hatchling, and Silver Dragonhawk Hatchling, are no longer required for the achievement Eastern Kingdoms Safari. They will temporarily continue to be listed in the achievement criteria.

Various wild pets in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms are now easier to locate.

Quests

The event related to the quest "Battle Helm of the Thunder King" should now reset properly.

Players can now obtain the Order of the Cloud Serpent profession quests without knowing the associated professions. The professions will still be required to complete these quests.

All players attacking Lord Oona will now appropriately receive credit for "The Big Kah-Oona".

The Flame Seed ability used during the quest "Fire in the Skies" should now function correctly.

Completing "Hostile Skies" will no longer prevent players from acquiring and completing the quests "Lao-Chin and Serevex", "Nurong and Rothek", or "Taoshi and Korvexxis".

Racers are now responsible for their own success in "The Sky Race", and crossing checkpoints no longer awards group credit.

Dungeons & Raids

Socketed items of item level 463 or higher are now scaling correctly in Challenge Modes.

Epic Bind on Equip bracers no longer drop in Raid Finder raids.

Mogu'shan Vaults

It is no longer possible to Spellsteal Blazing Speed from Zandalari Fire-Dancers. Using Spellsteal will still dispel the effect.

Zandalari Infiltrators are no longer susceptible to Mind Control.

The Raid Finder versions of the Stone Guard and Feng the Accursed encounters will now award loot correctly.

Feng the Accursed

Feng now casts Lightning Fists with appropriate frequency.

Gara'jal the Spiritbinder

Gara'jal's Spirit Totems are now properly susceptible to many player abilities.

Spirit Kings

It is no longer possible for pets to tank Qiang the Merciless.

Subetai the Swift will no longer sometimes remain attackable after being defeated on Heroic difficulty.

Meng the Demented can no longer become invincible.

The bosses faced in this encounter will now enrage after 10 minutes, up from 8.

This battle will no longer sometimes end prematurely.

Shado-Pan Monastery

Destroying Sha can no longer turn while channeling Shadows of Destruction.

Consuming Bite now increases damage by 8% per stack in normal and Heroic modes.

The Shadow Bolt cast by Residual Hatred now deals 20% less damage in normal and Heroic modes.

Volley of Hatred cast by Fragment of Hatred can now be interrupted in all difficulties.

PvP

Arenas

All stacks of Mana Tea, Tigereye Brew, and Elusive Brew are now correctly removed once the Arena preparation phase ends and the fight begins.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue that could prevent the Sha of Anger from respawning.

Forgotten Treasures in Dragonblight can now only be looted by characters level 85 or higher.

It is no longer possible to be At War with Shang Xi's Academy.

Sated and similar effects are now cleared appropriately after an encounter ends.

October 8

General

Vengeance should now ramp up more quickly. Avoidance will now grant Vengeance based on the average damage of the avoided NPC auto-attack, instead of just refreshing existing Vengeance. This does not apply to enemy special attacks.

Classes

Monk

Detonating Zen Sphere now does progressively less damage when more than 10 targets are affected.

The reputation requirement to purchase certain pieces of Mists of Pandaria Valor Point gear have been reduced from Revered to Honored. These include:

Klaxxi - neck items

Golden Lotus - rings

Shado-Pan - cloaks

August Celestials - bracers

The item level of Mists of Pandaria gear that is purchased with Justice Points has been raised from 450 to 458.

The item level of Mists of Pandaria gear that is purchased with Honor Points has been lowered from 464 to 458. As a result, the quality color of these items has been changed from Epic to Rare. However, the PvP Power and PvP resilience of these items has been increased significantly so these items retain their previous degree of effectiveness in PvP.

Mists of Pandaria PvP item vendors were tired of getting the dook kicked out of them. Their health has been increased significantly.

The item level requirement to queue for Mists of Pandaria Heroic dungeons has been reduced from 440 to 435.

Classes

Druid

The area of effect damage from Nature's Vigil will no longer hit stealthed targets.

Fixed an issue with Incarnation that could allow flight without using Flight Form.

Dream of Cenarius now correctly increases the healing from Cenarion Ward by 30% instead of 70%.

Starsurge casts that trigger an Eclipse now deal the correct amount of damage.

Fixed an issue that could prevent players from turning in the quest "Immortality?".

Players must now properly earn the right to Lao-Chin the Iron Belly's company by completing "The Challenger's Ring: Lao-Chin the Iron Belly".

Peat Clumps for the quest "Golgoss", and Peat Mounds for the quest "Arconiss", can both now be interacted with properly.

Shao-Tien Ritual Statues for the quest "Smashing Impression" have been fixed so that they can once again be broken.

All players attacking Aetha, Leechfingers, and The Ook of Dook will now properly receive credit for their respective quests.

Players should now receive credit for the quest "Free From Her Clutches" when freeing Kunchong Hatchlings, and Kunchong Cages will now reset properly once opened.

The following quest items can now be looted by all party members: Clacker Tails for the quest "Fine Dining", Volatile Blood for the quest "A Bloody Delight", Pristine Mire Beast Eye for the quest "Putting and Eye Out", Amber-Encrusted Brain for the quest "A Little Brain Work", and Thresher Jaws for the quest "Shark Week". In addition, players can now obtain up to ten un-opened Thresher Jaw at one time.

The daily quest, "My Town, It's on Fire Again" is now more fiery.

The daily gift quest granted by "Blingtron 4000" is now only available to players of level 80 and above.

Terracotta Defenders now properly attack the player who looted the Bottom Fragment of Lei Shen's Tablet for the quest "Stealing Their Thunder King".

Shao-Tien Surveyors are now easier to spot from a distance.

The Claw of Anger, which begins the quest "Remnants of Anger", can now be looted by all members of the party or raid that slew the Sha of Anger.

Dungeons & Raids

Level 85 players should be able to queue for random normal difficulty Cataclysm dungeons.

Cannons in the Gate of the Setting Sun now properly propel players precisely.

Zao Sunseeker can no longer be encountered in the Temple of the Jade Serpent.

Level 90 players can now join the random queue for normal versions of lower level Mists of Pandaria dungeons.

Striking Ook Ook with multiple barrels simultaneously now awards the correct number of stacks for the achievement, "Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'".

The doors leading to Master Snowdrift in the Shado-Pan Monastery should now remain open to prevent players from becoming locked out during the gauntlet. The inner doors will still close once Master Snowdrift himself is engaged.

Hateful Essence in the Shado-Pan Monastery will no longer cause players to become stuck in combat.

The High Inquisitor Whitemane encounter in the Scarlet Monastery now properly awards reputation upon completion.

Bug Fixes

Player resources are now properly set to default values when the arena preparation phase ends.

Players can no longer stack on top of the Season 12 PvP item vendors, PvE item vendors and Challenge Mode item vendors.

Portal: Vale of Eternal Blossoms and Teleport: Vale of Eternal Blossoms are now properly retained after a paid faction transfer.

Players are now ported directly to The Grim Guzzler tavern after accepting the queue for Coren Direbrew.

All players that slay Warbringer Qobi are now properly awarded the Brewmoon Festival achievement.

Turning in the quest "Flying Colors" will now properly complete the Tian Monastery portion of the Upjade Complete achievement.

The priest Season 12 four-piece healer set bonus can now only be consumed by the priest that applied it.

The priest Season 12 two-piece healer set bonus should now grant Diamond Soul buff to other players when Power Word: Shield is cast on them.

Rogue

Blind should always land as intended. Other players should not be able to dodge, block, or parry Blind.

A priest's psyfiend's Psychic Terror should no longer affect targets under a Rogue's Smoke Bomb.

Warrior

Second Wind no longer interrupts a Warrior who is eating or sitting down.

Creatures

Thieving Plainshawks in Valley of the Four Winds now cast Peck while in combat with players and no longer cast Steal Weapon.

The humanoids of Pandaria are no longer devoid of coin, and level 86-90 creatures are now occasionally carrying a Vine-Cracked Junkbox in one of their pockets.

The Hozen Diver in Jade Forest now has 271k health as opposed to the 135k he had before.

Cheung the Stablemaster should now do the duties of a stablemaster, as expected.

Items

An appropriate amount of spell power has been added to Masterwork Forgewire Axe, Amber Spine of Klaxxi'vess, Amber Saber of Klaxxi'vess, and Forgewire Axe.

Zen Alchemist Stone should now work as intended.

Mysterious Camel Figurines should again provide the player with the ability to see Dormus.

The Quilen Statuette now has an item level of 463 (was 384).

Ancient Pandaren Fishing Charm should work as intended to give the player a chance to catch additional fish.

Pet Battles

Turn inputs should no longer sometimes be inadvertently skipped, causing only one pet to take action that turn.

Conceding in a random PVP Pet Battle should now count as a loss.

State-dependent abilities should now properly require that the state be present to gain their bonus effects.

Strong and Pristine Traps should now properly be awarded when the corresponding achievement is obtained.

The Achievement "Win Streak" should now function as expected, and be awarded to players who win 25 consecutive Pet Battles.

Quests

Players should be able to complete "Burning Down the House" as expected.

"SI:7 Report: Fire From the Sky" should always eject the player from Sully "The Pickle" McLeary's vehicle, and can be completed even if the player dies and returns to camp before completing Sully's event.

"Last Toll of the Yaungol" should only provide you with Xiao Tu's companionship while you are in Hatred's Vice.

Players who slip and fall from Serpent's Overlook while on the quest "The Seal is Broken" should be able to find their way back to Serpent's Spine by first returning to Grookin Hill or Pearlfin Village. Do watch your step!

All of the trainers for both the Horde and Alliance versions of "Battle Pet Tamers: Cataclysm" and "Battle Pet Tamers: Pandaria" now properly apply pet recovery once defeated.

"Sha Can Awe" quest NPCs should only apply their Languor effect on players who are currently on that quest.

"Gardener Fran and the Watering Can" now includes a bit more guidance for new horticulturists.

Bug Fixes

Loving a Shore Crab in Azshara ... as you do ... now properly counts towards the Achievement "To All The Squirrels I've Loved Before".

The Luck of the Lotus buff should provide a chance to find Plundered Treasure as intended.

Crossing a zone boundary while traveling by boat or zeppelin on a multi-passenger mount should no longer result in players being removed from the transport, but may still dismount the passengers from the multi-passenger mount.

Players can no longer access different Pandaria daily quests by visiting other realms.

Players visiting other realms via RealID or Battletag groups will no longer receive loot from the Salyis’s Warband encounter.

September 25

Battlegrounds

Alterac Valley

Boss NPCs in the level 85-89 bracket are now level 90, and their guards are now level 89.

Isle of Conquest

Boss NPCs in the level 85-89 bracket are now level 90, and their guards are now level 89.

Boss NPCs in the level 90 bracket are new level 91, and their guards are now level 90.

Classes

Druid

Thrash periodic damage has been increased by 60%.

Monk

Keg Smash damage has been increased by 50%.

Keg Smash can now hit every target in range (was previously a maximum of three).

Warrior

Wild Strike damage has been increased by 18%.

Execute damage has been decreased by 7%.

Mortal Strike damage has been increased by 5%.

Dungeons and Raids

Bastion of Twilight

Players are no longer able to earn the Feat of Strength "I Can't Hear You Over the Sound of How Awesome I Am".

Stormstout Brewery

Ook-Ook should now suffer impacts from players on barrels who hit him immediately after another barrel does.

Pet Battles

Battle pet quests are no longer flagged for Mists of Pandaria only, and can be accepted by players who have not yet upgraded.

Slicing Wind can now hit multiple times on pets, regardless of their family type.

Crimson moth and Wharf Rat should appear as expected in the Pet Journal.

Quests

Players will now receive AOE credit for sinking both the Bladefist Reaper and Stygian Scar while in proximity of the ships being destroyed during the quest "Unleash Hell".

Players no longer remain in the Orgrimmar Gunship phase of "Into the Mists" once the quest is completed.

In the quest "Strongarm Tactics", players should now receive credit for killing Gyro-mechanic Lavenderp or Master Engineer Cogswing if the other NPC is slain by a second player.

Players should be able to turn in the quest "The Elder's Instruments" and then see and interact with Pearlkeeper Fujin.

The quests "Regroup", "You're Either With Us Or...", and "Face to Face with Consequence" should be offered automatically to characters who enter Honeydew Glade after leaving Thunderhold without receiving them from General Nazgrim and Taren Zhu.

In the "Wicked Wikkets" quest, paratroopers now drop the quest item Alliance Service Medallion 100% of the time.

The cutscene that plays during the quest "The Jade Serpent" cannot be cancelled by the player. This is intended.

Bug Fixes

Players should not receive duplicate messages in chat channels.

Crossing a zone boundary on a multi-passenger mount should no longer dismount passengers.

September 20

General

Cross-realm zones no longer bring together players who are more than 3 timezones apart.

When Tol Barad and Wintergrasp battles commence, cross-realm zoning should now cease for the duration, and resume after the end of the battle.

Cross-realm zones no longer behave erratically when a party changes leader.

The organizers of Azeroth's fishing tournaments have temporarily shut down their weekly affairs. Fishing tournaments will return soon.

Classes

Druid

Starfire damage has been increased by approximately 3%.

Starsurge damage has been increased by approximately 3%.

Wrath damage has been increased by approximately 9%.

Non-Restoration Druids will now properly get a mana discount when casting Cenarion Ward while Heart of the Wild is active. Feral and Guardian Druids will also properly gain increased healing.

Hunter

Glyph of Scattering should no longer cancel DoTs on boss creatures, but does still still remove all DoTs from non-boss NPCs and enemy players.

Mage

Arcane Blast damage has been reduced by approximately 3.5%.

Arcane Missiles damage has been reduced by approximately 3.5%.

Arcane Barrage damage has been reduced by approximately 3.5%.

Priest

Immunity to Fear will no longer prevent Void Tendrils from landing on a target.

Rogue

Sanguinary Vein now provides at 16% damage increase (down from 20%).

Shaman

Lightning Bolt damage has been increased by approximately 8%. This also applies to Overload Lightning Bolt and Echo of the Elements Lightning Bolt.

Warrior

Mortal Strike now does 165% weapon damage (down from 185%).

Overpower now does 105% weapon damage (down from 120%)

Slam now does 190% weapon damage (down from 215%).

Raging Blow now does 190% weapon damage (down from 215%),

Bloodthirst now does 90% weapon damage (down from 100%).

Wild Strike now does 195% weapon damage (down from 220%).

Items

Overseer's Handaxe now hits for 1307-2428, with DPS increased to 1167.

Gurthalak, Voice of the Deeps should again only spawn a Tentacle of the Old Ones when expected.

Quests

Major Samuelson should no longer despawn before a player who has attacked him can earn credit for killing him in the quest "A Villain Unmasked".

Bug Fixes

Tanks in Theramore's Fall are no longer skinnable for leatherworkers. They can still be dismantled by engineers.

September 18

General

The health of all enemies in Theramore's Fall has been doubled.

Theramore Footmen have stopped using Shield Bash.

Battlegrounds

Alterac Valley

The number of reinforcements in Alterac Valley has been reduced to 500 (down from 600).

Classes

Death Knight

A warrior's Bloodcurdling Shout should no longer affect bloodworms.

The duration of the haste provided by Soul Reaper has been reduced from 10 seconds to 5 seconds.

Druid

Pounce should now correctly consume only one charge of Dream of Cenarius.

Mage

Frost Armor now increases spell haste by 7% (up from 5%).

Priest

Angelic Feathers can now be used by all party members when the priest under the influence of crowd control spells, and no longer require line-of-sight to the priest to work

Penance's base damage has been reduced so that it now deals significantly less damage at lower player levels, and slightly less damage at level-85.

Shadow Word: Insanity should now deal 2667 to 2815 damage plus 290% of spellpower at level-85 (up from 2235 to 2359 plus 243% of spellpower).

Mindbender damage has been increased by 20%. It now does 80% as much damage per hit as Shadowfiend (up from 66.7%).

Rogue

Shiv no longer generates charges of Anticipation.

Shaman

Capacitor Totem should benefit from the shaman's +hit bonuses, as expected.

Warlock

Shadow Bite damage has been reduced by 25%.

Tongue Lash damage has been reduced by 25%.

Dungeons and Raids

Tempest Keep

Solarian's Solarium Priests should again be hitting for expected amounts of damage.

Items

Marksman's Blade should no longer have a larger hit range than expected.

Oracle Talisman of Ablution now diminishes in efficiency as its owner levels up.

Quests

Interacting with Zidormi in Dustwallow Bay no longer requires Mists of Pandaria.

Bug Fixes

Players should no longer retain glyph effects obtained in arenas after exiting the arena.

Players who resurrect at their corpse after being offered a resurrection by another player should no longer receive resurrection sickness.

Worgen characters who are advanced via a Scroll of Resurrection before completing their introductory quest chain and should no longer be stuck in a phased state.

September 14

General

Talents can no longer be removed if they are currently on cooldown.

Classes

Druid

Druids under the effect of Dash no longer gain the Stampeding Roar buff from other Druids.

Eclipse should no longer provide bonus damage after it fades.

Hunter

The Devilsaur Hunter pet ability Terrifying Roar should no longer apply to player pets or guardians.

Mage

Pyroblast and Combustion should combine to do the expected amount of damage and critical damage.

The initial damage of Combustion is now properly affected by Shatter, increasing its crit chance accordingly.

Cauterize can now only absorb up to twice the mages's maximum health.

Glyphed Inferno Blast should properly apply the Pyromaniac debuff.

Paladin

Holy Paladins should now get the intended 15% bonus to spell hit.

Priest

Shadow Word: Pain should now interrupt flag captures and other similar processes with its initial damage (but not it's periodic damage over time).

Rogue

Crimson Tempest should now stack correctly with Sanguinary Veins and Mastery: Executioner.

Cheat Death can now only absorb up to twice the rogue's maximum health.

Warlock

Shadowburn should always return a Burning Ember when it instantly kills the warlock's target.

Soul Leech now causes Fel Flame to heal the Warlock for 10% of damage dealt in all three specs.

Fel Armor now increases Warlock's health by 10%.

Dungeons and Raids

Scholomance

Janice Barov's Gravity Flux and Whirl of Illusion should now interact with players' immunity abilities as expected.

Items

The level requirement for use of a number of elixirs has been fixed.

Quests

Players are now able to complete the quest Mimicking Nature's Call by using the Carved Horn near the frozen waterfall in Howling Fjord.

The quest objective for Call of Duty should again require that players "Ride the mercenary ship to Vashj'ir".

Bug Fixes

Level 10 characters logging into patch 5.0.5 for the first time will now learn Control Pet and Control Demon properly.

Death Knights advanced via a scroll of resurrection should now receive all level appropriate abilities including Death Gate and the two unique mounts: the Deathcharger and the Winged Steed.

In the Gilneas starting area, Lady Sylvanas' health has been returned to normal.

September 12

General

The Ethereal Soul-Trader pet is now immune to player abilities.

We've made numerous fixes to the behavior of various systems in Cross-Realm Zones.

Classes

Druid

Dash again provides the intended speed bonus when reactivated after shifting out of and back into Cat Form.

Feral stealth has been made more effective.

Hunter

Camouflage should no longer be cancelled on the hunter when an effect causes it to be cancelled on the hunter's pet. Cancelling a hunter's Camouflage should always cancel it on the pet.

It should no longer be possible to spell reflect Narrow Escape.

Mage

Combustion should no longer ignore target damage multipliers when calculating the damage of the Pyroblast DoT on the target.

Paladin

Divine Purpose should only have one chance to activate once per finisher (which must land on at least one target).

Priest

Lightwell charges are no longer consumed and wasted if a player rapidly clicks on the Lightwell.

Rogue

Stealth has been made more effective.

Dungeons and Raids

The Glory of the Cataclysm Hero meta achievement no longer improperly requires a Mists of Pandaria dungeon achievement.

Karazhan

The Chess encounter should once again proceed at its former, more leisurely pace.

The Eye

Kael’thas Sunstrider’s Gravity Lapse should once again function properly.